Bill Text: FL S1058 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Cooperation Between Schools & Juvenile Authorities [SPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-06-03 - Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2010-192 [S1058 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S1058-Comm_Sub.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                             CS for SB 1058 
 
By the Committee on Criminal Justice; and Senator Aronberg 
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1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to notification of school personnel; 
3         amending s. 985.04, F.S.; requiring that specified 
4         school personnel be notified when a child of any age 
5         is formally charged by a state attorney with a felony 
6         or a delinquent act that would be a felony if 
7         committed by an adult and the disposition of the 
8         charges; providing an effective date. 
9 
10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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12         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section 
13  985.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
14         985.04 Oaths; records; confidential information.— 
15         (4) 
16         (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) or any other provision of 
17  this section, when a child of any age is formally charged by a 
18  state attorney with a felony or a delinquent act that would be a 
19  felony if committed by an adult, the state attorney shall notify 
20  the superintendent of the child’s school that the child has been 
21  charged with such felony or delinquent act. The information 
22  obtained by the superintendent of schools under this section 
23  must be released within 48 hours after receipt to appropriate 
24  school personnel, including the principal of the school of the 
25  child and the director of transportation. The principal must 
26  immediately notify the child’s immediate classroom teachers, the 
27  child’s assigned bus driver, and any other school personnel 
28  whose duties include direct supervision of the child. Upon 
29  notification, the principal is authorized to begin disciplinary 
30  actions under s. 1006.09(1)-(4). The principal must also be 
31  notified and must notify the other school personnel whose duties 
32  include direct supervision of the child of the disposition of 
33  the charges against the child. 
34         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.